Ranton No. 2 / Rantone / Rantun

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints, Ranton. The brick wall has the date 1753 laid out in darker brick."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2006 by Geoff Pick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/142244] [accessed 12 July 2019]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2008 by Peter Morrell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ranton_church.JPG] [accessed 12 July 2019]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 22234RAN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints

Church Notes: 13thC church; modified mid-18thC

Church Address: Brook Ln, Ranton, Stafford ST18 9PQ, UK -- Tel.: (01785) 282829

Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B5405, 6-7 km WNW of Stafford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield

Historical Region: Hundred of Pirehill

Additional Comments: altered font (only the basin is original of the 13thC church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for Ranton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ8524/ranton/] [accessed 12 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ8550324250] notes: "A small towerless C15 fabric. Restored 1841 and the chancel encased in brick. East window and lateral windows of nave C15 Interior scraped and roofs modern. Font bowl C13."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 552566 5852310

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.818, -2.22

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 49′ 4.8″ N, 2° 13′ 12″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone